… otherwise the oligarchs win.

Lots of folks these days are giving up on the U.S. because of our current politics.  They see Trump and his minions attacking universities and the press, kidnapping and disappearing legal residents … you know the list; but they see these things as separate issues.  It seems to me that we have exactly one problem that takes a variety of forms:  the oligarcy trying, and so far succeeding, to divide us and to make us feel hopeless and just give up.

Don’t give up.  Stay aware of the crap that’s going on.  Get angry.  Even if you’re an old fart like me who can’t do much more than write angry blog posts, keep at it.  There are a few signs that things might turn around before long.

– Trump’s approval ratings are dropping, not among the MAGAts (racists are still cheering on his disappearing of people with darker complexions; he’s still the fundagelicals actual lord and savior), but among those who thought he’d lower egg prices.  There’s probably enough of them to swing an election as close as the recent ones.

– There will be some interesting cases before the Supreme Court some time this year.  It’s possible that at least two of the gang of six will be not entirely shameless.

– Democratic primaries will begin about a year from now, give or take; and they might be interesting.  For example, there’s talk of AOC going after Schumer.  That’ll be fun to watch if it happens.

– The midterms are coming up in about a year and a half, give or take; and I’m guessing that we won’t be having Russia-style elections that soon.  It’s possible that Democrats, more progressive candidates among them, will take control of one or both houses of Congress.

It probably won’t be the end of republican democracy until the 2028 general election, and only if nothing good happens before then.

We need to primary Democrats who are old rich guys and who are friends of the oligarcs, and do whatever we can to get them elected.  Let’s keep at it.

I’ve been pretty depressed lately, and not only because of Trump.  I haven’t written much of anything in quite a while, and I think the post above shows it.  Indeed, it seems rather disjointed to me, and not something that would make me think that I’d learned anything.  I need to break out of this funk.  Is this a start at least?  We’ll see…